The Warriors will open training camp Friday and maybe then things will get back to normal. The sneaker tiff with Curry seems to have blown over, and by addressing the Thunder tweets he saves himself from having to later. But make no mistake: Many in Golden State, team officials and players alike, have taken note of Durant’s oddball offseason and are perplexed by it. They see a bright future for Durant in Oakland, league and team sources told The Vertical, and are bewildered as to why he is still addressing his past.

All of this will probably be forgotten about in a few months when the Warriors are dominating the rest of the league on the court, but still, dealing with this weirdness, and the questions that will assuredly be asked about it, is not the way the team wanted to enter training camp as they embark on a defense of their second title in three seasons.